Bastrop Growth Machine Nose Grows: Do the LIV Survey, Bastrop's homework.

On May 3rd there are local elections across the state. In some cities, there are real contests.

Can you figure out who this imaginary Bastrop Growth Machine politician is? He is trying to hide behind the skirts of the City Manager who sees her job as dismantling years of careful crafting of the city's development code, aka "B3." We got news for ya, Bastrop. The B3 code needed a scalpel, not a hatchet.

If you live in the City of Bastrop, a big contest is happening. If you live in the city, please take the LIV Bastrop survey HERE.

If you live anywhere in Texas, please take the LIV Survey HERE.

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LIV has written lots about the political madness overtaking the City of Bastrop. It's not because we live here or that Elon Musk has made Bastrop famous. It's not about partisanship either.

Truth is, most of the bigwigs in both parties view growth as always good. Residents do not share this view because they know they pay for the costs of growth, while their quality of life is diminished. The choice of eating a bagel v. clean and available water is a no-brainer.

All we ask of you is that you do your homework and ask others to do the same. Start with:

The LIV Survey for the Bastrop City Election

The recent candidate forum held by the Bastrop Chamber of Commerce with Place 1 and Place 5 candidates is now available on YouTube HERE. Note: In this forum, John Kirkland made plain that those wielding the hatchet on the "B3" code will finish the job after the election. Hint, hint.

PS If you call yourself an "independent" -- you vote for the person, not the party -- we hope you will also become a member of LIV today. Visit our "Join" page. And hop on Zoom most Monday nights at 8 pm.

Got questions? Use our Contact page or email us at contact@livtx.org.

Over, but not out!

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*Note: We wrote this article for background about the B3 code, and Strong Towns founder, traffic engineer Chuck Marone, when we helped citizens defeat the Gateway Project in May 2024. It will be back again likely just after this May election.